Features

The True Cost of Grade Inflation at Harvard

How an abundance of A’s created “the most stressed-out world of all.”

by Lindsay Mitchell

Quantum Art

Chemist, physisist, and artist Eric Heller harnesses the computer to render stunning images of minute natural phenomena

by Craig Lambert

Innocent Merriment

The theatre Collection challenging lyrics use language to give readers the experience of the poem

by Christopher Reed

John Jay Chapman

Brief life of a neglected critic: 1862-1933

Whither Harvard?

A new president must rethink the University's academic structure...

"An Instrument of Good Will"

At 75, the Harvard College Fund spins a web of friendships.

by John T. Bethell

The World's Poor

A Harvard Magazine Roundtable

Places, People, Policies

An agenda for America's urban poor

Bloodless Revolution

Twenty-first-century surgery

by Harbour Fraser ...

John Gilbert Winant

Brief life of an exemplary public servant: 1889-1947

Antioch Revealed

Treasures from an ancient city dazzle in a new exhibit